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This is besides the technical and technological support New Delhi has provided to Afghanistan as part of capacity building for infrastructure and institutional projects. Over the years, India has helped Afghanistan build key infrastructural projects such as roads, dams, electricity transmission lines, solar panels in remote areas, telecom networks and substations. However, the Taliban's renewed control over Afghanistan has threatened the country's trade relations with India.Īlso Read | Talks with India can be held on 'condition of impartiality': Taliban spokesperson | Exclusive - Part I As of 2019-20, bilateral trade between India and Afghanistan was estimated to be over $1 billion. In 2011, the two nations signed the India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement which helped enhance trade and bilateral ties further.Īs part of the agreement, the two countries promised to "strengthen trade, economic, scientific and technological cooperation, as well as cooperation between other bodies of business and industry representatives, with a view to expanding trade and economic relations".Īfghanistan also got duty-free access to the Indian market as part of the agreement. The cost of building it was estimated at $90 million.Īlso Read | As Kabul falls, Afghan lawmakers turn to India to take refuge BILATERAL TRADE AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT This includes investments in over 400 infrastructure projects across all provinces in the country.Īfghanistan is one of the few countries where India has delivered many functional projects, including the Afghan Parliament building that was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015. India has invested more than $3 billion in Afghanistan. Watch | What does rise of Taliban in Afghanistan mean for India, Pak, US? | Experts weigh in After Afghanistan was left ravaged in 2001, India has helped the country build roads, schools, hospitals, dams and many other crucial projects that helped shape the country's future. India provided much-needed developmental assistance - both in terms of investments and bilateral trade - to the country.Īfghanistan has always been crucial for India's strategic interests in South Asia. This was why India played an active role in the nation rebuilding process in Afghanistan over the past two decades. India has enjoyed friendly diplomatic ties with Afghanistan for a long time. The Taliban rule could disrupt India's friendly ties with Afghanistan and subsequently its strategic investments in the war-torn country.Īnalysis | The recurring tragedy of Afghanistan INDIA'S STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN Given the situation, it remains unclear how India will maintain diplomatic ties with a government controlled by the militant group. Although India remains on a 'wait and watch' mode after the Taliban's capture of Afghanistan, New Delhi has closed all its consulates and evacuated 120 of its embassy staff from Kabul. It has helped Afghanistan in all aspects of nation-building over the past two decades when the US-Nato forces provided a shield against the Taliban and other fundamentalist forces. The return of the Taliban could mark the beginning of another dark era for Afghanistan with uncertainty prevailing about the country's economic progress and its ties with the rest of the world, particularly with those countries which have invested heavily in Afghanistan. The Taliban ruled over Afghanistan during 1996-2001 implementing a version of Sharia that they interpreted as correct. Harrowing visuals have surfaced from all parts of Afghanistan, with fear gripping the nation over the prospect of the return 1990-like Taliban regime. The takeover happened so fast that it left millions of Afghans stunned and most parts of the world in shock.

They swiftly captured one province after another, and finally the capital city of Kabul on Sunday. Afghanistan was a scene of chaos as the Taliban announced victory over the Afghan government forces just four months after the group launched a countrywide offensive.

The Taliban have captured Afghanistan as the United States decided to withdraw the forces that included soldiers from other Nato countries after two decades.